Medicare Advantage

Does Anthem's 2027 Chesapeake lineup still fit your doctors?

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Anthem's 2027 Medicare Advantage lineup in Chesapeake city is set, and the picture for the coming year is one of small adjustments rather than big shifts: 12 plans on offer, no brand-new plans, one plan not returning, and two renamed. If you have an Anthem plan today, this is the fall to read your Annual Notice of Change and compare it against your doctors and your prescriptions before Annual Enrollment 2027 closes on December 7, 2026.

MyMedicarePlans.org is an independent consumer news and education site. We are not Anthem, and Anthem is not the only carrier here — five other carriers also sell Medicare Advantage plans in Chesapeake city for 2027, for a county total of 70 plans.

What Anthem Medicare Advantage plans are offered in Chesapeake for 2027?

Anthem has 12 Medicare Advantage plans in Chesapeake city for 2027. By type, that breaks down to 3 HMO plans, 5 HMO-POS plans and 4 PPO plans. Eleven of the 12 include Part D drug coverage; one does not.

The table below lists every Anthem plan available in the county, with its plan type and whether it includes drug coverage. Chesapeake is in Chesapeake city, and Medicare plan availability is set at the county level, so these are the Anthem plans a Chesapeake resident can choose from.

Which Anthem plans are Special Needs Plans in Chesapeake city?

Six of Anthem's 12 plans in Chesapeake city for 2027 are Special Needs Plans — coverage designed for people who meet certain criteria. Four are Dual-Eligible SNPs (D-SNPs), for people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid: Anthem Dual Advantage Plus (HMO D-SNP), Anthem Dual Advantage Plus (PPO D-SNP), Anthem Full Dual Advantage (HMO D-SNP) and Anthem Full Dual Advantage Support (HMO D-SNP).

Two are Chronic Condition SNPs (C-SNPs), for people living with specific long-term conditions: Anthem Chronic Care (HMO-POS C-SNP) and Anthem Kidney Care (HMO-POS C-SNP). There are no Institutional SNPs in Anthem's Chesapeake lineup for 2027. To join a SNP you must meet its eligibility rules; call 1-800-MEDICARE or check medicare.gov to see whether you qualify.

What is new, renamed or not returning for 2027?

For 2027 in Chesapeake city, Anthem is adding no new plans, one of its plans is not returning, and two are renamed. The two renamed plans are Anthem Dual Advantage Plus (HMO D-SNP), which was previously called Anthem Dual Advantage (HMO D-SNP), and Anthem Dual Advantage Plus (PPO D-SNP), which was previously called Anthem Dual Advantage (PPO D-SNP).

If your current plan is the one not returning, Medicare will send you a non-renewal notice and you have a Special Enrollment Period to pick a new plan. If your plan was renamed, it is still there — but the Annual Notice of Change (ANOC) that arrives in September tells you what, if anything, changed with the new name. Read the ANOC carefully; it is the document that spells out next year's rules for your plan.

How do I check an Anthem plan against my doctors and prescriptions?

The fastest way is the Medicare Plan Finder at medicare.gov. You can enter your ZIP code, add each of your prescriptions with the dose and how often you take them, and the tool will show how each plan handles them. You can also call 1-800-MEDICARE around the clock to do the same thing by phone.

For doctors and hospitals, check two places before you enroll: the plan's own online provider directory, and a call to each doctor's office asking whether they are in the plan's network for 2027 specifically. Networks can change on January 1, so a provider who is in network today may or may not be next year. For the full rules of a plan — what it covers, what it costs, how referrals work — ask Anthem for the plan's Evidence of Coverage.

What are the Medicare deadlines and 2027 figures I should know?

The Annual Enrollment Period for 2027 coverage runs October 15 through December 7, 2026. A change you make in that window takes effect January 1, 2027. If you do nothing, your current plan renews for 2027 as long as it is still offered — with the changes described in your ANOC. People already in a Medicare Advantage plan also have a second window, the Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period, from January 1 through March 31, 2027, to switch Medicare Advantage plans or go back to Original Medicare.

A few program-level 2027 figures CMS has confirmed: the Part D out-of-pocket cap rises to $2,400 in 2027 (it is $2,100 in 2026), and the Part D maximum deductible rises to $700 in 2027 (it is $615 in 2026). The 2027 Part B standard premium and deductible, and the 2027 IRMAA income brackets, have not been announced yet — CMS usually publishes them later in the fall. The Medicare Prescription Payment Plan, which lets you spread drug costs across the year, remains available.